Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-08
POE MILLS.

Treasurer ID. X. kulp, of Shamokin, was
here on Thursday. He was shown one
eyed Johns photograph which was taken
the other day. One of his pictures will be
sent TO his kind master, j. B. Kitchen,
Shamok:n.
Supt. John Grubb was home to Milton
over Sunday 10 see his better half No
doubt he had 10 give an explanation of the
signal given on the mountain.
Last Friday evening one Of the Poe Val
ley mule drivers was up TO the swamp
poodle camp to trade The boys traded a
camel on an OK and got n mule 10 boot.
Not so bad The OK is In splendid trim for
dry beef.
John slifer and two of his Johngarians
were repairing the =. L. road Fritz has
some great night attractions on Main street
of late. II must be hard on his eyes. We
noticed n pair of glasses on the upper part
of his face.
| Ed Campbell, one Of the Swamp Poodle
boys, had an exciting time last saturday
morning. While going up Poe Mountain,
whom should he meet but Mr.. Bruin. The
bear sat in the middle of the road and intro
duced himself with a loud growl and
showed fight. The camel felt 30 small that
he could almost have passed through a
needles eye.
Camp Higgins, over at Buzzard's Glory,
was badly disappointed the other day.
Supt. Higgins had ordered a barrel of sugar,
but when he opened il il was filled with
coal. We never liked black sugar in our
coffee Sr~h stuff we feed our donkey on
cold mornings.
Hairy Frank Luckenbach and Patty
Rhine were TO MiIIheim last Saturday TO
get their pictures taken. Hairy Frank IN
tends TO leave this neck O. woods
This week we had a peep show. One cent
for peep at the peeper.
That item in last weeks Poe Mills letter
about the sausage mnst have moved that
kipd-hearted woman, Mrs. Burd, for she
sent us about four yards of the finest sausage
aud some pudding to our camp. You ought
to have seen the hungry gather around the
table TO sample the Burd sausage. Such
good hearted women are wotrh having and
suppose that is exactly what our chief of
police thinks. We are ever so much obliged.
Last Friday tt@ king of all the logs came
to the tram road. That piece of timber was
kind of sticker for the boys. 1t required
eight head of mules and four drivers TO
trail cold dad" The log was 56 feet long
and "a inches thick at the top.
Last week Harry Deibler, James Smith
and Saml. Weiser, all of Millheim, sent
some very fine oil paintings TO the Swamp
Poodle camp. The boys are ever so much
obliged for the paintings.
Poe Mills always ahead and our women
seem to take the lead. We had female
superintendent, carpenter, two quack doc
tors and this week female shingle packer
and shoe maker enter the field. Suppose
next will be female squire and hog con-
stable.
A lively time over at Buzzard's Glory. A
wounded deer came along and reached the
little settlement. One of the female popula-
ton spied the deer and gave the signal for
general chase. She was Joined by three
others and they got down TO business. The
one was equipped with gun, that wasn't
loaded, another had the powder horn the
third had an old garden rake and the other
acted as guide. The deer was run toward
Cnppy's when he caught sight of the deer.
he got the buck fever, and, using board.
shot the deer on the head. 1t dropped and
he sprang on it and tried to cut its throat
with pine knot. He was just congratulate
ing himself that he had the deer for sure,
and was about dividing the spoils with the
four women, when the hunters who had
shot the deer came and claimed their own.
They gave small portion to Cuppy and
the four women. Poor Cuppy had fear
ful night dreaming of deer and the dear
ones at home. CALIFORNIA JACK.